The Union government of India made it mandatory for tobacco traders, retailers, vendors to display the pictorial warning on all the tobacco related products at their stores. The government did so according to the new regulation under Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Amendment Rules-2011.
The Health Ministry framed these rules on 11 August 2011 after releasing Gazette Notification No- GSR 619 (E). Under the new rule, all vendors who sell tobacco products must ensure to display board depicting pictorial warning, measuring 60x30 cm, at the entrance of the stores. Moreover, any tobacco product cannot be sold even through the automatic vending machine. Any shopkeeper who breaches the rule will be imposed a fine amounting 200 rupees.
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